Oh yeah GGG, about that new drop rate from scribe racks

I leveled a character from 65-74 doing almost totally catacombs and never got 1 map from a rack.

Saying that this area is a good place to farm maps on the basis of these racks is pretty misleading towards players. At least Piety's drop rate seems to be 20-30% or so.

In reality, you'd be far better off farming maps on the docks where you kill faster, or in lunaris 2/3 where piety actually gives extra maps.

I made a thread about a month ago asking if anyone had EVER gotten a map from one of those racks, cuz lord knows I haven't. Stack as much IIQ as you can and run docks, the maps will come.

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reboticon wrote:

I made a thread about a month ago asking if anyone had EVER gotten a map from one of those racks, cuz lord knows I haven't. Stack as much IIQ as you can and run docks, the maps will come.

iiq doesnt help with maps just fyi :(

I level my characters solely on sarn and I get plenty of map drops from that. So, what does that mean? Obviously these racks could stand to get another buff, although honestly, you shouldn't need to farm maps in crem.

Lower the rate that these racks spawn and SIGNIFICANTLY increase map drop rate. Issue fixed.

GGG has a fetish for really low drop rates. Just look at wealth mobs, they are ultra rare but only mildly rewarding.

Whats the problem with actually getting a decent amount of 66 maps from catacombs? Is anyone going to get rich from getting maybe one map per 2 catacombs runs?

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habbey wrote:

although honestly, you shouldn't need to farm maps in crem.

I didn't need to, I wanted to see how the new drop rate was. I'd never gotten one off a scribe rack prior to the buff (say, 50+ clears).

So I figured i'd farm the zone as my leveling area this time up to see how the new drop rates were.

catacombs is still worthless for maps because low mob desnity combined with a slower clear than other areas which drop maps (docks, sarn, etc...)

I feel like the numbers you're mentioning are seriously exaggerated. I do catacombs once in a while and get a map every 3 racks or so.

I don't even need them either, as I have more 66s and 67s than I know what to do with. But I just run cata when I'm waiting for a trade or something.

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iamstryker wrote:

Lower the rate that these racks spawn and SIGNIFICANTLY increase map drop rate. Issue fixed.

GGG has a fetish for really low drop rates. Just look at wealth mobs, they are ultra rare but only mildly rewarding.

Whats the problem with actually getting a decent amount of 66 maps from catacombs? Is anyone going to get rich from getting maybe one map per 2 catacombs runs?

no but this isn´t then a hardcore grinding game anymore

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reboticon wrote:

I made a thread about a month ago asking if anyone had EVER gotten a map from one of those racks, cuz lord knows I haven't. Stack as much IIQ as you can and run docks, the maps will come.

I had a community log some time ago (it is now outdated! And i don't think i'll continue it, but for the reference this is it: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/378811).

There were some maps from racks. In 566 runs there were 30 maps (from racks, of course monster dropped much more)

IMHO catacombs are a nice alternative to docks or lunaris. Slower than docks, but with a higher monster lvl (so better items possible) and still easier than lunaris (especially since you need only one resistance so it can become quite easy to equip MF gear). Most maps will be found from monster drops, while the racks bring an additional chance for a few extra maps (yes a very low chance, but it still exist)

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Spysong192 wrote:

no but this isn´t then a hardcore grinding game anymore

Serously? We are talking about lvl 66 maps here. Maps people won't even buy because they aren't that useful except to sell for 67 maps. People can grind Lunaris for more experience than a 66 gives. It doesn't make the game more hardcore to be so restrictive on lvl 66 maps ESPECIALLY in an area that's supposed to give MORE of them.